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Ombre Flower Pillow

This was my first try at making anything Ombre related. Until recently it wasn’t even something I was remotely interested in, but being in blogland for a while now, it has grown on me.

I wanted to start on my bedroom curtains, as they are just a plain light blue BUT, seeing as I have the big window above my bed and the full wall glass sliding door, there are 6 curtains in total… and last thing I need is to go mess around and end up hating 6 curtains, which could be costly to buy new, or even make myself.

Our foot end bench/blanket box {below} needs something different anyhow – I have two of the little white throw pillows, of which one I used here today. The second white pillow will stay as is, for now as I am busy with yet, another pillow to be placed on this bench/blanket box.

The existing two light blue, silver pillows would probably move to the bed {we’ll see..;-) }

A close up of the existing white pillow case – I actually love the textured fabric, but white only, can become boring and as I mentioned – one will remain plain.

I started off by using my Nifty Knitter Flower Loom and made 12 flowers – 4 in each shade of blue – they take under 5 minutes each to make

Above you can see how I used a contrasting shade of yarn to pull the centers together

This one is finished and I had already double tied the two loose strings of yarn at the bottom – after that I nipped off the yarn pieces and hot glued the flowers into place on the pillow case.

All this took just under an hour – after making two or three of these little flowers, you can easily make them in around 2 – 3 minutes each – really very quick.

Hope you enjoyed this post and if you are a loom knitter let me know of any patterns you might have on your blog or Pinterest – even a picture would do! {I found that this is one of the most relaxing crafts I enjoy and it has so many possibilities at the same time}

Ciao for now,

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Hi Linda, you did a great job making the flowers. I love the pillow you made & you have now inspired me to make a flower pillow like yours. My friend in my crochet group gave me a flower maker and I haven't used it yet! I saw it on life on lakeshore drive.Julie from julieslifestyle.blogspot.com

This pillow came out really cute! I think you did a great job for your first attempt at Ombre. I found you over at the Give me the Goods link party. Your pillow immediately caught my eye! Great job. I hope you'll stop over and see what we've been up to at Twoityourself.blogspot.com

OK, seriously, this pillow is adorable! And I LOVE the ombre!! I would be totally thrilled if you have the chance to share this at our new mega-party Work it Wednesday if you haven't already. Each link will be shown on 4 blogs! Work it Wednesday

Holy Flip, Linda! I LOVE this!!!! Thank you for sharing. You will be one of the features tomorrow at the Anything Blue Friday party at The Dedicated House. Pop on in and grab a feature button for your blog! Hope to see you again tomorrow at the little blue soiree. Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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